Class Note 1968
I write in the midst of the post-Christmas blizzard hitting the East Coast. Wild and wooly outside, branches down, power out (thank God for MacBooks with batteries!). I hope this column arrives as winter is winding down for us all. The snow reminds me: There is still time for last-minute walk-ons (slalom-ons?) for the annual ski trip: March 5 through 12 at Big Mountain in Montana. And we are in countdown mode for our 65th birthday party/mini-reunion for to be held in Williamsburg, Virginia, during the weekend of September 15 through 18. Plan ahead, and hope you can make it. My own coming 65th birthday prompts the next chapter in my life: my turn for retirement. With the last college tuition payment behind me (or perhaps until grandchildren come up to bat, a considerable way off for us), Diane’s own retirement from her job as a midwife in the Uphams Corner Health Center and two more grandchildren on the way (for a total of three) it is time for new adventures and plenty of travel. Most of this month’s classmate news comes from Facebook and LinkedIn (more classmates should try those social networks): Hugh Boss wrote that his daughter (not granddaughter) Mackenzie Loretta Boss had been accepted early decision to the class of 2015. First legacy in the incoming class, but I hope not the last. Sandy McGregor shared news of another legacy, nearing the end of his Dartmouth time: Kevin McGregor ’11, planning to go on to his B.E. at Thayer. Kathy and Paul Fitzgerald celebrated two life events: their son Brent married Mariko Maki on September 24, 2010, in Mill Valley, California, and Paul’s mother, Jessica, turned 100 on July 24, 2010. Pete Wonson is working on Old Times, Good Times: A Rock and Roll Story, a book about great New England bands, great characters, great stories from the 1960s. The book is due out in the summer of 2011 in time for book signings in Williamsburg (see above)! Dick Jones and wife Martha spent two weeks in Italy with many friends from the Frederick Chorale. Dick, a master of many instruments, is now singing (who knew?). Bob Thomas is working at Bucknell, from which he received his master’s in 1975 in counseling and education. Invitation is out for anyone visiting central Pennsylvania. On a sadder note, James “Blackie” Davis passed away October 9, 2010, in Charlestown, West Virginia. More information at the DAM online obituary section, dartmouthalumnimagazine.com.
Keep the news coming, snail, electrons or social networks welcome!
—David Peck, 157 Sandwich Road, Plymouth, MA 02360-2503; (508) 746-5894; david.peck@ childrens.harvard.edu
